I live in Maine and can’t find breeders local to me for anything but tiels. I’ve had parrotlets before and knew I needed another tiny T. rex in my life. I stumbled across Brenda and Billy’s and the first thing that caught my attention was price. For a hand fed babe AND a plane ticket from fl to Maine was less than some breeders we’re asking for just the baby. The price included disease testing as well, something other breeders charging more weren’t offering. Fergie was flown to me at the end of March at 8 weeks old. At first he was a little timid, his wings were clipped and that made bonding easier as he relied on me more. Within a day he was exploring his cage and playing with toys, within a week (we took things slow and at his pace) he was eating killer from our hands, then climbing on my hand, then coming out of the cage and flying to my hand at the end of two weeks. We didn’t force him to come out, be picked up, anything. And I think we have a better bond for it. He absolutely loves his chop and I love that they wean them onto it there. We have a lovebird and a green cheek in the same room as Fergie and you can already tell that now at 5minthd old, Fergie is going to be the boss!